Annual Meeting.] 1 6 



[May 5, 



advantage never before enjoyed of giving his time solely to the 

 scientific interests of the expedition. 



The following is republished from a report of the results which 

 appeared in Science, Vol. vi, No. 143, Oct., 1885. 



The weather while going and returning was not favorable, but 

 on the coast of Newfoundland and Labrador, from June 17 to 

 about August 10, it was very fine, and greatly facilitated the 

 work of the shore parties. The prevalence of high winds made 

 opportunities for dredging exceptionally rare, and very little was 

 accomplished in this direction. The shores proved, also, exces- 

 sively barren ; the pools were infrequent and not rich in species. 

 From Cape Hay to St. John's Island, for the distance of two hun- 

 dred and fifty miles on the western coast of Newfoundland, the 

 principal mountain ranges, whose general course is north-east south- 

 west, approach the sea more or less closely. They are so arranged 

 that they present their ends to the sea on the south coast, and are 

 seen more from the side on the west coast. From St. George's 

 Bay to St. John's Island, on the western coast, they form a series 

 of steep cliffs, cones and domes, which also greatly enhance the 

 beauty of the deep and branching fiords of Bay of Islands and 

 Bonne Bay. The climate, vegetation and lovely harbors, made 

 the trip along this part of the route a series of delightful surprises. 



The only population on the west coast consists of small settle- 

 ments of fishermen, with a very few persons of a higher grade. 

 Besides these permanent inhabitants, there are several fishing set- 

 tlements of French, who come only for the summer. They still 

 have fishing privileges on and off this coast, but are not allowed to 

 erect permanent habitations. These rights and the islands of the 

 St. Pierre group on the south coast, where their flag flies, are the 

 remnants of the once extensive territories of the French nation on 

 this continent. 



Fossils were collected at various localities along the west coast 

 from near Cape St. George to Cape Norman, the northernmost 

 point of Newfoundland, and at the Atlantic entrance of the straits 

 of Belle Isle. These fossils fairly represent the faunas of the for- 

 mations called Quebec and Point Levis groups by the Canadian 

 survey, and the Trenton and Lower Carboniferous of the New- 

 foundland survey. 



The facilities for acquiring fine specimens of fossil cephalopods 

 far exceeded the most sanguine anticipations. Several well pre- 



